Improvement in shingle-machines



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vLetters Patent No. 85,103, (lated December 32, 1868.

IMPRO'EIMIBNT IN SHING-LE-MACHINE-S.

The Schedule referred tovn these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom fit may concern:

-Befit known that, we, GHAnLEs A. lil-.viver and CHARLEs PARKER,0 Corry, in the'l county of E1ie,

and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certhe out of each shingle, and grasping it again, the stationary stop for operating the brakes, the arrangement of the saw, the manner of dressing the face-side of the shingle, and the adjustable table, with its necessary mechanism for operating, automatically, said table, with the several devices for operating the machine, all of which will be more fully hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the construction of our invention, in l,

A is the frame.

B, the lower brace of the frame, and cross-piece extending across the middle of the frame.

C, the revolving wheel, in which are held the blocks of wood out of which the shingles are made. 'lhis wheel is composed of a firm periphery, or' rim, snii'iciently strong for the purposes for which' it is to be used.

Cross-pieces l) D D D' are framed in this' wheel, at right angles to each other, leaving. a space between each pair of cross-pieces of suliicient breadth and length to receive and hold the several blocks to'becutinto shingles.

The centre of said wheel is provided with a square journal-box, marked E, into which box the journal F tits.

To this journal is attached baud-wheel G, for operating the wheel, saw, planer, and automatic table.

We place in each of thesquares l, L, 3, and4, supports, a a, c a, to the inner rim of the wheel, on which .we rest the outer ends of the blocks of wood.

Like supports, with teeth,are placed at the inner ends of said squares l., 2, 3, 'l. These supports arcv g is a brake, firmly attached to the top of the frame and near the outer side of the r'un of the wheel C, against which the stops -or trips strike as the wheel Y revolves, thus' causing them to slide the supports in order to drop thev block on the table, and the spring throwsthein back again to grasp the block.

H, the saw, is attached to a shaft, I, with its bearings on the frame A and B.

Two pulleys are placed onthis shaftI for bands, one ofwhichruns around the driving-pulley and conveys motion to the saw,`and the other band, on the other pulley, transmits motion to the journal-shaft J, on which (shaft J) .are two pulleys, around which are bauds to, communicate motion to the revolvingA planer K.

rlhis 'laner is made of two revolvin v knives a laced 7 on a shaft, and parallel to cach other, in any suitable manner, andisintended to dress the entire face of .the shingle, and has its bearings i1i.joui'l1alboxes on cross-- pieces aud frame A. L is thc automatic table, hung on a shaft, which passes through its centre, firmly attached to the table, and resting in journal-boxes secured yto cross-ties B, and the table easily oscillatcs on its shaft.

Under this table, and right angles to its bearing, is a shaft, M, with its bearings 'on one ofthe cross-ties B, and secured by a journal-box on the inner side of the frame A.

On the shaft M is .a triangular cam, z,to oscillate the table L. l A

Ou ,the end of thejsalne 'shaft is a ratchet-wheel, h, by which the shaft M is turned at regular intervals by means of a catch, li, which is firmly attached to the un'- der side and near the centre of the revolving wheel (l.

y is aset-screw for regulating the taper ofthe shingle, shown in iig. 3. 1

There are three friction-rollers, j, let into the top ofthe frame, on which thel revolving wheel C turns.

In the operation of our invention, motion is givenv to the driving-band wheel on the shaft, which is let into aml passes through the centre of wheel C, to which it is h'rmly attached, thus causing said wheel to revolve.

Motion is now Scominunicated by bands from the driv-l ing-pulley to the saw, by means of a pulley on the sawspindle, and from this spindle to the p laner K, causing it to revolve rapidly, and as the wheel C revolves, the

catch on thc under side of the wheel C catches into one' of thc teeth of the ratchet-wheel 71., and revolves the shaft to which it is attached, a partial revolution, turning up one point of the triangular cam against the table, andraising up theiuner side ofthe table to the height required, when the catch slips off and allows th'e tabl(l to stand in this position while the wheel makes ohci-evolution and cutsa'shingle from each block, thus cutting four shingles at one revolution, with the heel of these first four shingles at the outer end of the block.I In making the next revolution, the catch of Wheel C' Y, PENiN again operates on the ratchet-wheel, and turns it partially around, bringing up one of the points of the triangular cam. The catch then slips ofi' and the table falls down on the inner side, making the lower side of the table on the inner side, so that the four shingles cut on this revolution of the wheel C will have the heel on the inner end; l I

The timber out of which the shingles are to be made is out to the required length and breadth. These blocks are then put into squares l, 2, 3, and 4, and are iirnily held in position bythe supporters and by the spring-clamps. As the wheel C revolves one revolution, the table remains with the inclination downward on the outside, thus placing the shingle to be cut it falls on the table, by being relieved from the spring-clutch, bythe brake coming in contact with lthe arm of the spring'- clutch with the -heel outward, bringing it around to the saw, Where it is out from the block, andfalls ont 'from the machine.

As the blocks pass over the rotary planer, the lower side of the block is dressed, thus presenting a smooth face to each shingle as it is cut ofi. By thus ldressing the face-side oi' the shingle, it is greatli7 enhanced in its value, as the water will pass oii' freely and not be absorbed by the shingle, thus making it more durable.

The wheel C can be made of cast-iron, if we find it desirable.

We are-aware that tilting-tables have been used'in shingle-machines. Y This'we do not claim broadly, as it is not new.

We are also aware that pla-ners on the faceof arevolving wheel are not new.

We are also aware that sectional knives on a revolving planer, for dressing only the but-end of the shingle, are not new. This we do. not claim.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The automatic table L, when operated by shaft M, wheel h, cams z and i, and set-screw y, and the revolving horizontal planer k, with knives a u/'for dressing the entire face of the block, in combination with the saw H, revolving fmme A, trips b, springs c, and brake g, 4substantially as described, and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above-described invention, we have hereunto signed our names, this 15th day of February, 1868.

G. A. KTNNEY. CHARLES PARKER.

Witnesses L. E. GUIGNON, Jo. C. CLAYTON. 

